Secretary of States office all are in agreement that these ballots should be counted. These ballots have not been opened until today. All suspect that these will slightly favor Franken based on the counties from which the majority are from.
For a political and elections junkie like myself this is like catnip. I have mentioned before that I got to witness the recount process in Washington in 2004. That one I was a little more emotionally tied too. This time it is simply fascinating the watch. These two experiences provide some illumination on how complicated the process is and that generally we have good hearted people trying to do their best to run an election.
Update: Response to a reader
Sad to say but yes i am. It appears to be all over but the singing now. Senator Al Franken. I love the hypocrisy that a tight race like this exposes. The day after the election Coleman leads by 215 votes. States I am the winner let's move on and not waste time and money. Coleman argues not to allow the counting of falsely rejected ballots. Loses in court. Told to work with Franken and Sec. of State to determine which falsely rejected ballots to allow. At first attempt Coleman agrees to like 46 ballots. After public pressure, agrees to the 950. The ballots are counted his deficit greatly increased, he now goes to court to ask that even more rejected absentee ballots be considered.
MN Supreme Court denies request. Secretary of State will certify election today or tommorrow and Franken will be sworn in as US Senator from Minnesota.
Coleman may or may not let this drop. His only hope is a claim that 130 some ballots were duplicated in the process and counted twice. Problem if all 130 were taken away from Franken Coleman is still 90 behind. What a fun ride this has been.
2 comments:
You're just loving this stuff aren't you :-) What a crazy ride they have been on in Minnesota.
Yeah, the daily show did a little bit on how the perspective is a little different depending on if you are winning or losing at the time :-)
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